LIMBO, PixelJunk Shooter 2 Lead PSN’s Top-Selling Indie Games of 2011

December 14, 2011Written by Sebastian Moss

Without huge development teams and vast marketing budgets, it can be hard to be an indie studio, but digital marketplaces like the PlayStation Network allow the developers to sell their games with relatively little costs involved. The PSN has been home to some truly amazing indie games, helped greatly by Sony indie-friendly schemes, including the $20 million Pub fund which provides additional development budget in return for a certain level of exclusivity.

Sony has now released the list of the top selling PSN games of the year, broken down into 3 categories – third party, SCEA published and pub-funded. What’s interesting to see is that some of the games aren’t from 2011, showing strong tails on PSN titles.

In the post, Sony also highlighted how SCEA “seeks out the best development talent from colleges and universities through [their] academic program” as well as through trade show like IndieCade and GDC, and also hosts developer mixers. Last month, some of the PlayStation Network’s best developers told us why they love the network and Sony.